Little Falls transcript., 1887-05-13

en- QaySHOI MAY II IeE tOI = - - = SSA ~
States l53 and for Canada 20; total, 4 So,
against l8l the week before, and 81 Tor the
CORES ponding week Of last year.
George W. 3Childs' birthday anniversary
occurs May II, and on that q ay special
Efforts will be made to increase the fund OF
the International Typographical union, to
which Mr.. Childs and Mr.. Drexel gave $40,
900 last May. .. 4, h
AT River Falls, Wis, u. F. Cramer, for
merly OF St. Paul, accidentally took an
overdose 81 laadanum, but was saved by
timely medical intervention.
At q meeting OF friends Of the late Preei-
dent Arthur in New York, some weeks ago,
it was resolved to receive subscriptions
for d monument to be erected over his
grave to cost not more than $1,000
Considerable in excess OF that amount was
subscribed at once. .%,-.5 - ,-
Gov. Hill OF New York has signed the bill
making Saturday q half.holiday through
out the state. ~ ~
A bill to adopt capital punishment for
murder and rape was defeated in the Mich
igan senate-19 to 13.
The Connecticut house has passed a bill
fixing uniform license OF $4OO for strong
liquors and $3.50 for beer, wine, etc.
Bishop Williams OF Connecticut, senior
bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church,
is q bachelor. #
1t is rumored that all the FIGURING mills
will shortly shut down and remain closed
all summer.
Fire in the basement press room OF the
Eau Claire Daily Leader damaged presses
and material to the extent OF 81, 900; dam.
age to building, owned by A. D. Buck OF
Fall Creek, $1,000.
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at all interior centers since the interstate
law went into effect.
The cashier OF a Joliet bank is missing,
likewise very numerous dollars,
Rev Arthur Donne]ly, OF St. Nicholas
parish, New York is announced as the sue
cessor to the late Vicar General Quinn.
The men imprisoned in the Victoria coal
mine axe thought to be lost.
J. E. Muir, who had been engaged for
many years logging at Lennahmoor, was
murdered at the railway wharf in New
Westminster, B. G. by William Shaerer.
The cause Of the trouble between the men
is supposed to be longstanding one.
Shaerer, who was dischasging lumber from
a scow, deliberately walked up to where
Muir was standing and stabbed him repeat
edly. Shaerer then threw his knife into
the water and quietly gave himself up.
ination eleven stabs were found between
the neck and lower part OF the body.
Oscar B. Farnham, OF Boston, aged fifty
years, OF the firm OF Holt, Adams & Co.,
attempted suicide by taking rat poison,
hanging himself to gas fixture and turn
ing on the gas. He is So, 900 EN- bezzler
and when pressed to explain certain
transactions refused.
Jefferson Davis has written review of
Gen. Wolseley s Life Of Gen. Lee." Mr.
Davis takes exception to many OF the Eng
lishman's statements. and while not find
ing fault with the superlative opinion OF Gen.
Lees military ability, he shows very plainly
that he considers Gen. Wolseley's criticisms
OF other Southern leaders unjust and un.
warranted.
"A bill forming a state constabulary to
enforce the liquor law was passed by the
Michigan house and given Immediate effect.
The bill provides for the appointment by
the governor OF state marshal, at salary
OF s., 200, with power TO appoint force
state, who are charged with the duty ofen-
forcing the liquor law, and are paid by
the counties. The practical effect of the
law is to take all prosecu tions from the
prosecuting attorneys and other local Off
GERS and give them to the state.
There is trouble ahead for a number OF
county seats in Dakota. A law OF last
winter provides that new elections for the
location Of county seats may be held in
all the counties where the original or pres.
ent location was made by less than a
majority vote. This is likely to raise par
ticular cain in a good many places.
The private bank OF r. R. Heard, Rich
mond, Va, has failed. Liabilities S64,-
900; assets $50, 1000.
At Billings, Mont, fire broke out in a
range OF frame buildings on Minnesota
avenue, totally destroying M. B. Rade-
makers saloon and damaging adjoining
buildings. The fire is supposed to have
been OF incendiary origin.
A postoffice has been established at
Mount Carmel. Cavalier county. Oak.
Pensions granted: Minnesota-D. Calla-
CHAN, St. Paul; J. Frey, La Crescent; P.
Quiggle (deceased), Pelican Rapids; L. G.
St. J ohm, Granger; o. Lewis, Grand Mead
ow. Dakota-H. G. Thorpe, Bridgewater;
0. Lund. Vermilion;D D. Stewart, Arlington;
D. Weekly, Millett; j. Hyde, Vermillion; E.
Brown, Canton, j. Morton, Bridgewater.
The czarina has donated 100, 900 rou.
bles to Gen. Gresser, project OF st. Peters,
burg, in recognition OF his services in frus-
trating the recent plot against the cars
life, and the car has granted him a pension
OF 1000 as reward for his services in ar
resting nihilists.
panias have filed with the commission for
NAL petitions asking to be relieved from
section 4. Probably as many more have
been received and returned for further in.
formation. A much larger number has
been received from trade organizations,
private corporations and individuals pro-
testing against the suspension OF section
in particular cases.
The czar thinks he will commute the sen.
tence OF the nihilist assassins.
Marquis Salisbury is to be made duke
in q few days.
James Grant, the novelist, died in Lon
don. He was sixty-four years old.
The Mason City & Fort Dodge railroad,
in Iowa, has filed it's formal petition for
exclusion from the provisions of the long
and short haul clause. The road is purely
a territorial road, but it crosses five trunk
lines, and does great deal OF business with
them in freight for outside points.
Roscoe Conkling has been remarkably
fortunate in his real estate investments at
Washington. ....
& Secretary Whitney has decided to order
Gue Tepdlr Oh tHe Cn1CeO otlGes steamship
Hartford, now at Maria Island, Cal.
The wife of Gen. Sherid an is quite serious
ly indisposed. -,
The debate On the Time-Dillon episode
in the house ofcommons ends, OF course,
in favor Of the Tory government. -5.,.
y The totalnumber of deaths at Naniamo
b. c. number ITO. The town is sorely in
need ofassistance. III III ,fts -. Il. ~. .
4 F. G. Wade. Of the Winnipeg Free Press
editorial staff, was presented by Mrs. Wade
triplet ets--two girls and one boy. s.@ i F.ss
Palmyra (Wis.) Special: Fifteen days
ago Charles Winchester, half owner of the
Williana & WincheAfer Palmyra Touring